♪ STRING QUILTS HAVE FOUND THEIR PLACE IN THE HISTORY OF QUILTMAKING.

IF THESE RANDOM-CUT LEFTOVERS STRAIGHTENED OUT, WE WOULD HAVE STRAIGHT STRINGS.

AND WHEN SEWN TOGETHER, YOU CREATE BANDS OF FABRIC.

LEARN AND UNDERSTAND FOUR QUILTS THAT I CALL BANDED BEAUTIES, THEN SEE THE OPERATION OF A PROFESSIONAL QUILTING MACHINE, TODAY ON "LAP QUILTING."

♪ IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY GRANTS FROM GINGHER, INC., MAKERS OF SHEARS FOR THE HOME, BUSINESS, AND INDUSTRY.

AND BERNINA, MAKERS OF SEWING MACHINES MANUFACTURED WITH THE CARE OF TRADITIONAL SWISS WORKMANSHIP.

YOU MIGHT THINK OF THE CLASSIC LOG CABIN PATTERN AS A BANDED BEAUTY BECAUSE THERE ARE STRIPS THAT ARE SEWN TOGETHER TO CREATE A DESIGN.

THIS PARTICULAR QUILT IS CALLED LOG LANTERNS, MADE BY KAREN PERVIER FROM WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA.

IT RELIES ON 10" SQUARES THAT COME TOGETHER WITH THE LIGHTS AND THE DARKS TO FORM THE LANTERNS.

CAN YOU SEE THE LANTERNS?

THE NARROW AND THE WIDER PORTION COME TOGETHER TO FORM THE DIAGONAL SWEEP OF COLOR AND ALSO THE LANTERNS.

NOW, QUITE OFTEN, LOG CABIN DESIGN ITSELF STARTS WITH A 2 1/2" SQUARE, WITH STRIPS CUT 1 1/2" WIDE THAT ARE ADDED AROUND THAT CENTER CIRCLE.

IN THIS PARTICULAR SETUP, CAPITOL STEPS, OR COURTHOUSE STEPS, THE STRIPS ARE ADD OPPOSITE TO EACH OTHER-- LIGHT AND DARK, LIGHT AND DARK.

AS YOU STITCH ALONG, USE THE-- OF COURSE, YOUR 1/4" SEAM ALLOWANCE, AND THEN CUT OFF THE EXTENSION-- THAT END OF YOUR FABRIC EACH TIME-- TRUE OR EVEN WITH THE STRAIGHT EDGE.

THAT KEEPS YOUR BLOCK SQUARE AS YOU'RE ADDING THE FOUR BANDS ON EITHER SIDE OF THE CENTER SQUARE.

THIS IS A WONDERFUL QUILT WHEN YOU FINISH, BUT IT IS A CHALLENGING DESIGN, AND I WOULD FOLLOW THE PAPER CARTOON, OR YOUR SCHEMATIC, AS YOU GO ALONG.

NOW, OUR FIRST QUILT TODAY FOR OUR BANDED BEAUTY IS CALLED THE LOVE KNOT PATTERN.

THE LOVE KNOT WALL HANGING HAS A LAP-IT-UP-AGAIN BORDER.

YOU REMEMBER THAT FROM OUR LAST SERIES.

YOU'LL LEARN MORE ABOUT THE APPLIQUÉ METHOD I USED ON THIS ON OUR APPLIQUÉ SHOW.

THIS PARTICULAR WALL HANGING IS BASED ON A 16-PATCH.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE ARE BLOCKS THAT HAVE 2" x 8" BANDS SEWN TOGETHER, FORMING AN 8 1/2" SQUARE.

YOU ALSO HAVE THIS CURVED SECTION THAT COMES TOGETHER.

WATCH ME AT THE SEWING MACHINE WITH A COUPLE OF HINTS.

IT HELPS TO CUT THESE CURVES OUT ON THE FOLD BECAUSE THAT CREASE IS THERE.

THEN YOU CAN FIND THE MIDPOINT AND PIN IT HALFWAY AROUND.

WHEN I SEW, I LIKE TO HAVE THE CONCAVE-- THAT INDENTED CURVE-- AGAINST THE FEED DOG.

IT MAKES IT EASIER TO EASE THAT CURVE IN PLACE.

ONCE THIS COMES TOGETHER, YOU MIGHT EVEN THINK PAPER CLIPS!

THE FABRIC THAT MAKES THIS WALL HANGING SO SPECIAL WAS MARBLEIZED BY PATTY SCHLEICHER.

ANOTHER VERSION OF THIS PARTICULAR BLOCK WAS MADE BY MARY BOWEN.

SHE REDUCED THE SIZE OF THE BLOCK AND THEN MADE AN ENTIRE QUILT FOR HER GRANDDAUGHTER'S WEDDING.

HERE SHE IS STANDING PROUDLY WITH HER HUSBAND DICK, SHOWING OFF THE RESULTS OF THIS QUILT.

AND NOW TO GO TO A BIGGER BANDED BEAUTY-- THE HIPP STRIP QUILT.

DO YOU REMEMBER I TOLD YOU TO LOAD THOSE BOBBINS?

WELL, IT WAS FOR THIS QUILT-- HIPP STRIP.

IT IS MADE WITH SQUARES THAT ARE PIECED AND TURNED OFFSET AND BACKGROUND FABRIC.

IT RELIES ON A 20" BLOCK AND 2 TEMPLATES.

CAN YOU SEE TEMPLATE "A"?

AND CAN YOU SEE TEMPLATE "B"?

LET'S INVESTIGATE A LITTLE BIT MORE AND FIND OUT HOW IT WAS MADE.

THE REASON IT WAS A KING-SIZE PROJECT FOR THIS KING-SIZE QUILT IS BECAUSE I WAS ABLE TO START THIS TIME WITH THE DECORATING COLORS.

IT'S FUN TO HAVE THE WALLPAPER, THE TILE, AND EVEN CARPETING, KNOWING THAT THAT WILL BE IN THE SAME ROOM WHERE THE QUILT'S GOING TO LIVE.

SO I CHOSE THE COLORS.

I HAD RADIATING BANDS OF COLOR, BOTH IN AQUA AND IN CORAL, A LAVENDER ACCENT, AND SOME WONDERFUL PRINT FABRIC.

AND I WAS HAPPY WITH IT, BUT NOT QUITE, UNTIL I ADDED THE BLACK.

AND LOOK WHAT THAT DOES.

IT JUST INTENSIFIES ALL THOSE COLORS.

NOW, TO FIGURE OUT HOW IT'S MADE, WE NEED TO START WITH A 20" SQUARE.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU'VE GOT THAT EXACTLY 20".

AND YOU KNOW THE GRID GRIP ONLY COMES 18" WIDE.

IF YOU WANT TO OVERLAP IT 1/2", YOU CAN ACTUALLY PRESS THAT TOGETHER, AND IT'LL BE ENLARGED.

SO WITH A 20" SQUARE DRAWN, I FOLDED THAT ON THE DIAGONAL EACH WAY AND CUT THAT TRIANGLE OUT AND THEN PRESSED IT VERY HARD WITH MY IRON ON CARDBOARD, WENT AHEAD AND ADDED MY 1/4" SEAM, AND THAT IS TEMPLATE "A."

IN ORDER TO FIND MY TEMPLATE "B," I TOOK THAT SAME RIGHT-ANGLE TRIANGLE WITH A 20"-LONG SIDE, FOLDED IT IN HALF, CUT IT OUT, PRESSED IT ON, AND I'VE GOT MY "B" TEMPLATE.

NOW I HAD TO START CUTTING OUT ALL THOSE STRIPS.

THAT MEANT A LOT OF TEMPLATES.

ACTUALLY, I TURNED TO TWO FRIENDS TO HELP ME PIECE THIS QUILT.

PEGGY GENUNG PIECED ONE ROW AND JOAN PIERRO.

THAT LEFT ME TWO, BUT IT SURE LEFT A LOT OF TEMPLATES.

I THOUGHT THERE MUST BE AN EASIER WAY.

SO I CHUCKED THOSE AND DECIDED TO CUT BANDS OF BIAS FABRIC-- 1 1/2" WIDE, UNTIL MY 2 1/2, AND THEN RADIATED OUT ANOTHER 1 1/2" BAND.

WHEN THIS IS SEWN TOGETHER, IT MEASURES 10 1/2", AND IT WAS THE PERFECT THING FOR MAKING THIS QUILT.

I WILL NEED 32 "As" WITH THE WIDE CORAL OUT HERE AND 32 "As" WITH THE AQUA.

AND BY PLACING THIS ON A PIECED BAND, I CAN ALTERNATE AND NOT HAVE ANY WASTE.

PLACE THIS HERE, MARK AND CUT AND TURN AND MARK AND CUT ALL THE WAY DOWN.

I'LL NEED FOUR OF THESE BANDS SEWN TOGETHER, AND EACH BAND IS 5 YARDS LONG.

THAT'S WHY YOU NEED TO LOAD THOSE BOBBINS.

THEN I HAVE TO CONSIDER MY "B" TEMPLATE.

IT REALLY HELPS WHEN I'M DOING MY "B" TEMPLATE TO FOLD THE FABRIC WITH EITHER THE WRONG OR RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER.

I WILL NEED 24 SETS OF THIS "B" TEMPLATE SO I'LL HAVE A MIRROR IMAGE.

WHEN I COME AND PLACE THIS ON, THEN I CAN CUT TWO AT ONE TIME, AND THAT WILL RESULT IN THE WONDERFUL MIRROR IMAGE THAT I NEED TO FINISH THAT BLOCK.

THERE'S ONE OTHER THING THAT YOU'LL NEED WHEN PIECING THIS PARTICULAR QUILT, AND THAT'S THE BACKGROUND COLORS.

THESE TRIANGLES AND THE ACCENT STRIPS SEWN TOGETHER-- AND BY THE WAY, ANOTHER BRIGHT IDEA IS WHEN YOU'RE USING THE GRID GRIP, GO AHEAD AND ADD THE 1/4" ON AND PRESS THAT ON YOUR FABRIC, AND YOU CAN USE THAT AS A TEMPLATE TO GO AHEAD AND JUST CUT OUT WITH YOUR SEAM ALLOWANCE INCLUDED.

THAT'LL PULL OFF READILY, AND YOU KNOW YOU CAN REUSE THAT MANY TIMES.

SO, WITH THAT IN PLACE, I KNOW THAT THESE WILL BE SEWN TOGETHER TO FORM ONE TRIANGLE TO GO TO THIS TRIANGLE.

THE SAME THING WILL HAPPEN HERE.

I'LL HAVE LITTLE TRIANGLES, AN ACCENT, AND THEN MY OTHER ONE.

LET'S GO TO THE SEWING MACHINE AND SEE HOW THIS ALL COMES TOGETHER IN AN ABBREVIATED PANEL MUCH LIKE THE HIPP STRIP QUILT.

YOU CAN SEE WITH THIS TOGETHER-- AND I'M GOING TO HOLD THIS RIGHT IN PLACE-- AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

AND LET ME HOLD THIS UP SO YOU CAN GET THE WHOLE PICTURE.

DO YOU SEE HOW THOSE FOUR "A" TRIANGLES COME TOGETHER AND FORM THAT SQUARE RIGHT IN THE CENTER, MUCH THE WAY IT DOES IN THE CENTER OF YOUR QUILT?

DO YOU SEE HOW THIS PANEL, FROM HERE UP, IS A MIRROR IMAGE OF EACH OTHER?

AND THEN ALL THE WAY AT THE TOP, YOU SEE THOSE BACKGROUND PIECES.

NOW, WHEN YOU START PUTTING THIS TOGETHER, I WOULD CONCENTRATE ON ROWS...

THIS ROW AND THIS ROW.

I WOULD GO AHEAD AND PUT MY TWO TRIANGLES TOGETHER.

AND, OF COURSE, WHAT YOU REALLY LIKE AT THIS POINT IS TO REALIZE SINCE YOU HAVE BIAS OUT HERE, YOU HAVE STRAIGHT OF THE GRAIN, OR CROSSWISE, RIGHT HERE.

IT WORKS OUT SO NICELY, BUT WITH YOUR OLD LICKY-FINGER IDEA, YOU NEED TO GO AHEAD AND STITCH THIS TOGETHER, GETTING YOUR TRIANGLES ALL IN PLACE.

AND AS I'M PUTTING THESE TOGETHER, I REALIZE THAT THIS WILL FORM A SQUARE, AND THEN I WILL FORM THESE TOGETHER FOR MY OTHER SQUARE, AND TOGETHER, I HAVE ONE RECTANGLE WHICH IS STARTING ONE ROW.

I THEN HAVE THESE TWO THAT COME TOGETHER TO FORM THE SIZE OF THAT "A" TRIANGLE, ONCE AGAIN TOGETHER HERE.

ONE TIP YOU MIGHT LIKE TO DO.

REMEMBER, ALL THESE BANDS WERE PRESSED IN ONE DIRECTION.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO RE-PRESS ONE SIDE SO THAT WHEN YOU START SEWING THE SQUARES TOGETHER, YOU WILL HAVE THAT NICE STAGGERED EFFECT.

YOU SEE HOW THIS HAS BEEN PRESSED?

AND YOU HAVE IT ALL STAGGERED.

IT MAKES IT NICE TO GET A GOOD CONNECTION WITH ALL THAT PIECING.

AS I'M STITCHING-- BECAUSE THIS IS A LOT OF STITCHING-- I QUITE OFTEN THINK IN MY PIECE WORK, "HOW AM I GOING TO QUILT MY QUILT?"

I THINK IT HELPS TO PONDER THAT WHILE YOU'RE PUTTING IT TOGETHER.

TODAY, WE KNOW WE HAVE MANY OPTIONS IN QUILTMAKING.

I CAN HAND QUILT THIS-- IN FACT, I COULD HAND LAP-QUILT IT, COULDN'T I, IN LONG ROWS OR I COULD MACHINE-QUILT IT OR I COULD COMBINE THOSE.

QUITE OFTEN IN MY SMALLER PIECES, I'M COMBINING HAND AND MACHINE QUILTING.

AND... AND THEN THERE IS THIS METHOD FOR THE QUILT CONNECTION.

MAKE IT TODAY, SLEEP UNDER IT TOMORROW.

THIS IS A QUILTING MACHINE WHERE THE THREE LAYERS ARE HELD STATIONARY, AND THE HEAD OF THE MACHINE MOVES SLOWLY ON TRACKS AS IT QUILTS EACH ROW.

WE'RE HERE IN THE QUILT CORNER WITH CATHERINE SHUMAKER, THE OPERATOR TODAY.

SHE IS STITCHING A PATTERN THAT IS CALLED THE SCROLL & THE LAZY 8.

AND I BELIEVE IT'S ONE OF HER FAVORITES.

WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THAT, CATHERINE?

YES, IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES.

IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT?

YES.

BECAUSE IT'S THE CUSTOMERS' FAVORITE.

THAT'S AN IMPORTANT REASON.

WHAT OTHER KIND OF QUESTIONS DO PEOPLE ASK YOU WHEN THEY WATCH YOU OPERATE THE MACHINE?

USUALLY THE FIRST QUESTION THEY ASK ME, "OH, IS IT COMPUTERIZED?"

AND I SAY, "NO, IT'S NOT COMPUTERIZED.

I'M THE COMPUTER."

AND I SAID, "IF IT BE COMPUTERIZED, IT WOULD TAKE ALL THE FUN OUT OF IT."

THAT'S RIGHT.

WE'D JUST BE PUSHING BUTTONS, BUT IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY, DOES IT?

NO.

YOU SEEM TO HAVE PICKED UP ON THIS VERY QUICKLY.

YOU DO SUCH A GOOD JOB OPERATING IT.

DO YOU HAVE ANY SECRETS AS FAR AS THAT'S CONCERNED?

WELL, FOR 10 YEAR, I WORKED IN A SEWING PLANT, AND I WAS WORKING WITH ALL KINDS OF COMMERCIAL SEWING MACHINES.

BUT WHEN I GOT AHOLD OF THIS MACHINE, WHY, IT WAS VERY SPECIAL TO ME.

THAT'S WONDERFUL.

WELL, ONE THING WE HAVE LEARNED, THOUGH, CATHERINE, IS THAT EACH QUILT, WHETHER IT'S A PIECE TOP OR WHETHER IT'S DECORATOR FABRIC, HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE CHARACTER, JUST LIKE ITS OWNER.

AND WE HAVE TO HAVE DIFFERENT GUIDELINES TO GO WITH EACH QUILT TOP.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE OPTIONS THAT WE HAVE TODAY.

THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF FABRICS TO CONSIDER FOR A QUILTING MACHINE-- NUMBER ONE, YOUR DECORATOR FABRIC, NUMBER TWO, A PIECED QUILT TOP, NUMBER THREE, A NOVELTY PATTERN ON FABRIC.

THE DECORATOR FABRIC REALLY LENDS ITSELF TO THE QUILTING MACHINE.

QUITE OFTEN, THERE ARE DESIGNS THAT YOU CAN FOLLOW ON THE FABRIC ITSELF, ADDING EXTRA LEAVES WHENEVER YOU WANT TO.

AND SOMETIMES JUST THE DESIGN ON THE SURFACE LENDS ITSELF-- AS IN THIS CASE, A BARGELLO-TYPE ARRANGEMENT.

IT COULD BE A FUN FISH FABRIC, THAT YOU WOULD FOLLOW THE FISH OR MAYBE EVEN PUT A STENCIL DESIGN ON.

YOUR PIECE QUILT TOPS REALLY COME TO LIFE WHEN YOU'RE USING THE QUILTING MACHINE.

IT COULD BE FABRIC THAT IS OUTDATED AND MAYBE NOT SO SPECIAL, HASN'T BEEN PIECED EXACTLY CORRECT, AND YOU WANT TO FINISH THE TOP, GO AHEAD AND USE THE QUILTING MACHINE.

IF IT'S YOUR GREAT-GRANDMOTHER'S QUILT TOP, I THINK I'D WAIT AND HAND-QUILT THAT.

BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF PIECE TOPS THAT WE ARE ACCUMULATING TODAY BECAUSE WE CAN PIECE THEM ON THE MACHINE.

AND NOW YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO FINISH THEM.

WHAT ABOUT THE CROSS-STITCH QUILT TOPS THAT WERE BOUGHT IN KITS?

AND NOW THOSE CAN COME TO LIFE AND FOLLOW AND FOLLOW ANY SORT OF STENCIL DESIGN ON THE MACHINE.

MAYBE THE GRANDMOTHER'S FLOWER GARDEN WITH THE WONDERFUL HEXAGON STITCH NOW COMES TO LIFE WITH THE QUILTING MACHINE.

I'D LIKE TO TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT HOW THE MACHINE WORKS.

THIS GAMMILL QUILTING MACHINE HAS TWO FEATURES THAT REALLY MAKE IT UNIQUE.

FIRST OF ALL, IT COMES 14' LONG AND A LITTLE OVER 3' WIDE.

IT ALSO COMES WITH FEED DOGS THAT ARE ALWAYS DOWN, JUST AS IF YOU'RE DARNING ON YOUR HOME SEWING MACHINE.

IN ORDER TO INSTALL A QUILT, YOU NEED TO ATTACH WITH PINS THE FRONT PART OF THE QUILT TO ONE MUSLIN SLEEVE.

THEN THE BACK OF YOUR QUILT IS ATTACHED WITH PINS TO ANOTHER SLEEVE.

THE BATTING IS FED SEPARATELY FROM ITS OWN ROLL OF BATTING THAT'S ON A SEPARATE ROLL.

ONCE ALL THREE OF THESE-- THE TOP, THE FILLER, OR THE BATTING, AND THE FRONT-- ARE PINNED IN UNISON TO ANOTHER SLEEVE, WE'RE READY TO START QUILTING.

THE QUILTING MACHINE PERFORMS IN TWO WAYS.

THE FIRST WAY IS WITH WHAT WE CALL A STYLUS, A PANTOGRAPH SITUATION, WHERE A POINTER CONTINUOUSLY FOLLOWS A DESIGN THAT IS PLACED UNDERNEATH A CLEAR PLASTIC SHEET.

AS YOU FOLLOW CATHERINE DOWN THIS LONG LINE, YOU SEE THAT IT TAKES A STEADY HAND TO REPEAT THE MOTION CONTINUOUSLY.

ON THIS SIDE, THE MACHINE WORKS IN WHAT WE CALL A FREE-HAND SITUATION.

I FINISHED TWO QUILTS USING THE FREE-HAND STYLE.

FOR THE HOUSE EXCHANGE QUILT, I DID CLOUDS ACROSS THE TOP PART OF THE HOUSES, AND ON THE BOTTOM PART, TURNED TO LEAF OR GRASS LINES.

ON THE INTERLOCK QUILT, WHICH HAS, INSTEAD OF BATTING, JUST A COTTON FLANNEL INSIDE, I DID A WANDERING LEAF DESIGN.

AND YOU CAN SEE, IN THIS CASE, I PUT THE WHITE THREAD ON TOP AND A GREEN THREAD ON THE BACK.

YOU CAN CHANGE COLORS OF THREAD.

NOW, TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF HOW THE MACHINE WORKS ON THIS SIDE, I HAVE WRITTEN WITH CHALK THE WORDS "STAY WARM, STAY WELL."

THIS WAS A PERFECT THING TO SAY FOR THE QUILTS THAT WE DID FOR THE RONALD McDONALD HOUSE.

THESE QUILTS WENT TO CHILDREN TO KEEP THEM WARM AND WELL.

SO IF YOU'LL FOLLOW-- NOW, IT'S RATHER HARD FOR ME TO TALK AND QUILT AT THE SAME TIME.

IT'S LIKE RUBBING YOUR HEAD AND PATTING YOUR TUMMY AT THE SAME TIME.

BUT FOLLOW ME AND WATCH THE MACHINE DO ITS WONDERFUL WORK.

YOU'LL NOTICE WHEN IT COMES UP TO THE "T," YOU DON'T NEED TO FINISH COMPLETELY.

YOU'RE GONNA WANT TO COME AND FINISH THE TOP OF THE "T" AND THEN FOLLOW AROUND TO THE "A."

THE BEAUTY OF THE MACHINE IS THAT IT IS NOT PROGRAMMED, AND THE LETTERS THAT YOU ARE CREATING ARE VERY CLOSE TO THE LETTERS THAT YOU WOULD WRITE.

AND I WOULD SIMPLY DO A SCROLL IN BETWEEN THAT TO START MY "W" AGAIN.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, YOU HAVE THAT ENERGY AS IF YOU WERE WRITING WITH A PEN OR A PENCIL RIGHT ON THE QUILT.

BUT THE WONDERFUL PART IS THAT YOU ARE ACTUALLY CONNECTING THREE LAYERS.

WHY, YOU COULD WRITE AN ENTIRE ESSAY ON STAYING WARM AND THEN JUST QUILT THAT INTO YOUR QUILT.

I'M GOING TO GET THE TOP OF THE "T" AND THEN COME DOWN AGAIN.

AND YOU SIMPLY WALK ALONG AS YOU'RE WORKING THE MACHINE.

THEN YOU WANT TO STOP IN BETWEEN LETTERS.

AND WHEN YOU'RE AT THE END, STOP THE MACHINE.

NOW, I'M GOING TO CUT THREAD AND TAKE YOU OVER AND SHOW YOU HOW I DID THE CLOUDS.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO MARK THE QUILT EACH TIME, OR EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO PUT ON THE QUILT, BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO START WITH THE NEEDLE DOWN IN THE MATERIAL.

THEN I'M GOING TO JUST SIMPLY THINK ABOUT CLOUDS FOR A MINUTE.

OR...

I MIGHT WANT TO DO SOME PUFFY CLOUDS, AND I CAN ALWAYS SWITCH TO GRASS WHENEVER I WANT TO.

BIG BLADES, SMALL BLADES.

I CAN DO A WANDERING LEAF.

I WOULD DO THE VEIN FIRST, THEN COME BACK AND DO THE LEAF PATTERN.

BUT IT DOES REQUIRE THINKING AHEAD, KNOWING THAT YOU HAVE A PLAN FOR THE SURFACE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO COVER.

OR I MIGHT WANT TO TRY BUTTERFLIES...

ALWAYS QUILTING CONTINUALLY, KNOWING THAT YOU'RE CONNECTING THOSE THREE LAYERS.

BY NOW, YOU'RE PROBABLY CURIOUS AS TO WHERE TO FIND THIS MACHINE.

YOU CAN VISIT ANY OF THE MAJOR QUILT SHOWS IN THE COUNTRY, SAY, IN HOUSTON OR KENTUCKY, TO SEE IT DEMONSTRATED.

THEN CHECK YOUR LOCAL QUILT SHOP OR YOUR HOME DECORATOR, AND PERHAPS SHE KNOWS WHERE TO USE THIS SERVICE.

NOW, AS FAR AS THE COST FOR HAVING IT DONE, IT WILL VARY AROUND THE COUNTRY.

BUT WHO KNOWS?

MAYBE YOU WANT TO BUY ONE.

KNOCK OUT A WALL IN YOUR SEWING ROOM AND INSTALL IT.

AND NOW FOR OUR FINALE, TO SEE THE WONDERFUL QUILT THAT CATHERINE FINISHED IN ONE DAY.

IT WAS PIECED BY KAROL ROE IN A WONDERFUL MEDLEY OF BLUE CALICOS AND PINKS.

THIS IS THE QUILTING PATTERN I USED FOR THE HIPP STRIP QUILT.

IT HAS A REAL SOUTHWESTERN LOOK FOR NANCY AND TED HIPP'S BEDROOM.

THE WOVEN WONDER QUILT... IS A REAL BEAUTY.

IT WEAVES BACK AND FORTH, MADE BY JUDY RANKIN FROM HENDERSONVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

WHEN I DESIGNED THIS THE FIRST TIME, I MADE UP A MOCK SAMPLE IN JUST USING PREPRINTED FABRIC THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S BEEN STRIPPED.

THIS PARTICULAR AREA IN HERE IS 6" WIDE, SO I KNEW I WOULD NEED BANDS, 1" BANDS, 6 TIMES.

I TRIED IT SEVERAL WAYS, AND I WANTED TO SHOW YOU SOME OPTIONS BEFORE I ACTUALLY SHOW YOU HOW TO PIECE IT.

THERE IS SO MUCH BEAUTIFUL FABRIC TODAY.

BORDER PRINTS, WE CALL THESE.

AND THIS WOULD BE KIND OF FUN, JUST TO CUT OUT THE PRINT, ADD SOME EXTRA ACCENTS COLORS, AND THERE YOU GO, THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER WOVEN WONDER.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE SOME OF YOUR SCRAPS IN A MEDLEY OF BLUE-GREENS AND JUST STITCH THEM UP TOGETHER.

THOSE 6 INCHES WOULD GO THIS WAY.

THE FOUR BANDS WOULD GO ON THE OUTSIDE.

ONCE YOU LEARN HOW TO MAKE THE BLOCK, YOU CAN GO A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND MAKE A WAISTCOAT.

THIS ONE'S CALLED IT'S THE STRAWBERRIES.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, TOOK SOME OF THE FABRIC AND STUFFED IT FOR THE UP AND DOWN FOR THE ZIPPER.

IT'S THAT SAME WEAVING, UNDER AND THEN OVER.

I'VE TRIED IT HERE...

IN ANOTHER MEDLEY OF COLORS.

IT'S GOING THIS WAY AND THAT WAY.

NOW, IN ORDER TO MAKE THE BLOCK... YOU NEED TO LOAD THOSE BOBBINS AGAIN.

AND YOU CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENS HERE.

I'M GOING TO SEPARATE THIS SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT PORTION GOES TO WHAT.

IT STARTS WITH LITTLE CENTER SQUARES HERE-- 2", AND OF COURSE YOUR SEAM ALLOWANCE-- 2 1/2" SQUARES.

PIECE YOUR BANDS TOGETHER, THE 6", AND I JUST KEEP SEWING THOSE STRIPS TOGETHER, AND THEN CUT OUT SO THESE RECTANGLES CAN ALL SEW TO THE SQUARES.

GET THESE PORTIONS DONE FOUR TIMES.

THESE HAVE ALREADY BEEN STITCHED, SO YOU JUST SEW THAT ON TOGETHER HERE AND ON TOGETHER OVER HERE.

THEN, ONCE YOU ANCHOR THIS TOGETHER-- AND IT REALLY HELPS TO GO PUT THE TWO RIGHT SIDES TOGETHER-- GET YOUR CORNERS LINED UP.

ONE LITTLE TIP THAT I DO, I GO AHEAD AND PRESS A 2" SQUARE RIGHT HERE BECAUSE THAT TELLS ME THAT WHEN I'M STITCHING THIS, I STITCH UP TO THAT, STOP, AND BACKSTITCH.

AFTER ALL, THAT'S GOING TO BE A MITERED CORNER IN A FEW MINUTES, SO I WANT TO HAVE THOSE FREE-FLOATING SEAMS.

LET'S GO TO THE SEWING MACHINE, AND I'LL SHOW YOU EXACTLY HOW TO FINISH THIS.

HERE AT THE MACHINE, I HAVE SOME COORDINATING THREAD ON MY MACHINE TO GO WITH THIS BLOCK.

I'M READY TO PIECE THIS UNIT INTO THE OTHER HALF OF THE BLOCK.

AND WHEN I GET THIS SET-UP, I WANT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT GRID GRIP RIGHT HERE, KNOWING THAT'S GONNA BE A MITERED CORNER IN A FEW MINUTES, SO I'LL START RIGHT THERE AND THEN BACKSTITCH.

SO THAT'S LOCKED IN PLACE.

I ALSO LIKE TO USE ONE OF THESE LITTLE STILETTOS WHEN I'M STITCHING, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE SEAM ALLOWANCES ARE GOING TOWARDS THE PRESSER FOOT.

YOU CAN'T RELY ALWAYS ON THE FACT THAT YOUR CLOSED SEAMS ARE GOING TO BE COMING TOWARDS YOU.

SOMETIMES THEY'RE GOING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AND IT REALLY HELPS TO HAVE THIS SCOOCHER.

OF COURSE, THE FACT THAT WE'RE USING COTTON THREAD AND COTTON FABRIC ALSO MAKES IT VERY NICE.

IT MAKES IT VERY FORGIVING BETWEEN THESE INTERSECTIONS.

ONCE THIS IS ALL THE WAY DONE AND YOU BACKSTITCH AT THE END, THEN ALL I'M LEFT WITH ARE THE TRAPEZOIDS TO FIT INTO PLACE.

I WOULD THEN PIN THESE, KNOWING THAT I WOULD BE STITCHING OUT TO THAT POINT RIGHT THERE AND BACKSTITCH, WHICH ALLOWS THAT FREE-FLOATING SEAM TO HAPPEN.

THE LAST BORDERS WOULD GO ON ATTACHED AT THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM, AND IF WE LOOK AT THE QUILT-- NOW NOTICE IN JUDY'S QUILT AND WHAT I HAVE DONE, I'VE USED OPPOSITE COLORS.

I HOPE THAT DOESN'T THROW YOU.

HER WIDE BAND IS IN THE AQUA, AND HER FOUR BAND IS IN THE PEACH OR PINK.

ALSO NOTICE THAT IN SOME CASES, A SINGLE BORDER IS SHARED BY 2 BLOCKS.

I LIKE THE WAY JUDY QUILTED THIS.

YOU GET ALL SORTS OF SPIDER WEBS GOING ON.

WE DON'T HAVE TO ALWAYS QUILT IN THE DITCH ANYMORE.

IT GIVES US AN OPPORTUNITY TO TRY SOME NEW METHODS.

WOULD YOU BELIEVE ONE MORE BANDED BEAUTY?

OH, EXCUSE ME.

I WAS READING "THE MANTECA BULLETIN."

THIS IS FROM MANTECA, CALIFORNIA, AND YOU'RE LOOKING AT PART OF THE MANTECA RAFFLE QUILT THAT WAS MADE BY THE MANTECA QUILTERS GUILD.

IT DEPENDS ON GOOD CONTRAST AND COLOR AND FINE QUILTING, WHICH IS BOTH WHAT THE MANTECA LADIES DID.

IT THINK IT REALLY HELPS WHEN YOU'RE DOING A BANDED DESIGN SUCH AS THIS THAT YOU HAVE THE DARKS AND THEY COME ALL THE WAY TO THE LIGHTS.

YOU WANT GOOD CONTRAST.

THE LARGE AREAS IN BOTH THE PRINT HERE AND THE SMALLER PRINT ARE ABLE TO THEN FOCUS THE FINE QUILTING.

THE WHOLE QUILT IS BASED ON A 12" MEASUREMENT SO THAT THE BANDS THEMSELF, WHEN THEY'RE SEWN TOGETHER, ARE 12", ALSO.

EACH ONE OF THESE, 2" WHEN IT'S FINISHED, AND, OF COURSE, CUT 2 1/2.

NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE CORNERS OF THAT QUILT, SOMETHING THAT IS ALSO INTRIGUING IS THAT YOU GET THAT RIBBON-TWIST LOOK.

THAT IS ACHIEVED BY GOING TO THE FABRIC THAT ARE PIECED FOR THE CORNERS AND ACTUALLY PUTTING THE GOOD SIDE ON THE BACKSIDE.

HERE ARE YOUR SEAM ALLOWANCES, AND THERE'S ACTUALLY THE FRONT OF THE MATERIAL THAT IS TURNED TO THE BACKSIDE.

SO A LITTLE TIP WHEN YOU'RE PICKING OUT YOUR FABRIC, MAKE SURE THAT YOU LIKE THE BACK, ALSO.

YOU ARE THEN LOOKING AT A QUARTER SECTION OF THIS QUILT.

HERE ARE TWO OF THE STARS RIGHT HERE.

AND WHAT I WOULD LIKE YOU TO THEN CONCENTRATE ON IS THAT IF YOU GET THIS QUARTER SECTION DONE, THIS ATTACHES TO THAT CENTER 24 1/2" SQUARE.

ALL YOU HAVE LEFT TO DO THEN ARE THE BORDERS.

NOW I WANT TO GIVE YOU A TIP.

GONNA JUST SCOOT ALL OF THIS OFF AND GIVE YOU A TIP ON HOW TO USE A NEW RULER.

IF YOU PLACE YOUR FABRIC OUT STRAIGHT, AND I'M USING THIS LIGHT COLOR FOR THIS 17 1/2" BECAUSE YOU CAN REALLY SEE IT VERY NICELY.

WHEN YOU'RE OPENING THIS FOLDING SQUARE, LINE THIS UP TO ONE PERFECTLY CUT SIDE.

AND IT REALLY DOES HELP TO GO AND ANCHOR THIS IN PLACE WITH THESE LITTLE PINS.

IT'S GOT A LEDGE ON IT, SO THAT'S NOT GOING TO MOVE.

THEN I'LL COME AND GET ANOTHER NICE RIGHT ANGLE, SO I KNOW THIS IS GETTING MY 90 DEGREES ALL THE WAY ACROSS.

THEN I PICK THIS UP AND SIMPLY TURN THIS, AND NOW, BECAUSE I NEED 17 1/2, I'LL WORK MY WAY DOWN TILL I HAVE 17 1/2 ON ONE SIDE AND 17 1/2 OVER HERE.

AND KNOWING THEN, ONCE I GET THIS LINED UP HERE, GO AHEAD, TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE PINS AGAIN, LOCK THAT IN PLACE, AND NOW I'M READY TO CUT AGAIN.

I KNOW I'VE GOT A PERFECT 17 1/2" SQUARE.

ISN'T THAT SUPER?

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT WEEK ON "LAP QUILTING" WHEN WE DO A MOOSE, MASK, AND QUPAK QUILT.

SEE YOU THEN.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.

♪ "LAP QUILTING WITH GEORGIA BONESTEEL" IS MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY GRANTS FROM GINGHER, INC., MAKERS OF SHEARS FOR THE HOME, BUSINESS, AND INDUSTRY.

AND BERNINA, MAKERS OF SEWING MACHINES MANUFACTURED WITH THE CARE OF TRADITIONAL SWISS WORKMANSHIP.